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DOOR. No. 297,774. Patented Apr. 29, 18814.

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GEORGE E. FILER AND ALBERT H. NEFF, OF SHELDON, IOWA, ASSIGNORS LONE, OF SAME PLACE.

DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,774, dated April 29, 1884.

1 Application filed February 1 1, 1884. (No model.) I

To all w/wm it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE E. FILER and ALBERT H. NEEF, citizens of the United heretofore to construct doors of this kind which shall be capable of the different uses named; but on account of the complication, expense, multiplicity of parts, or other causes, they have not been generally adopted. Our invention is designed to provide such simple and firm structure of door of this class as, will recommend it to practical use. i

In the drawings, A represents the skeleton frame of the door, having the usual panel-openings. B O D are the detachable panels, one edge of which, I), is of a size to fit exactly into the panel-opening, and the other edge of which panels, a, is provided with a head or molding, that overlaps the edges of the frame at the panel-openings.

all the openings when atight storm-door is required. The panel C is a glazed or transparent panel, and this is "used when light is required to pass through the door and still exclude the air, as in the case of vestibules of houses, while the panel D is in the nature One of these panels, B, is of solid board, and this form of panel is used in framing; but in practice we propose to use spring-seated locking-bolts or other neat and secure fastening that will hold the panels tight- 1y without rattling.

WVe may construct our doors with all the panels detachable, or with stationary panels below and removable ones above.

In summing up the distinctive points of our invention, we would call attention to the fact that the panels proper, whether of glass, wirenetting, or wood, are secured between the detachable framing b and the bead c, and this framing b is made of the same thickness as the 5 stile or frame of the door, so that theinside of the door and inside of frame I) are flush, to permit them to be readily fastened on the inside, where burglars could not tamper with the fastening devices, and these frames 12 are flanged 6 or provided with a lip, that overlaps the edge of the stile and fitsin a groove or rabbet, to prevent the panel from being kicked or forced in, the bead 0 being secured upon the outside, so as to make a good finish.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is The combination, with the stile or framing of the door, having its outer edge grooved or rabbeted, of the detachable panels of wood, 7 glass, or woven wire, consisting of a framing,

b, of a thickness equal to that of the stile, and?" having a lip or flange fitting in the rabbet, the panel proper applied to the outside, the bead c, securing the edges of the same, and 7 means upon the inside of the door for securing the panel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

GEORGE E. FILER. ALBERT H. NEFE.

Witnesses:

B. B. BAILEY, W. H. STRONG.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 297,774.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 297,774, granted April 29, 1884, upon the application of George E. Filer and Albert E. Neff, of Sheldon, Iowa, for an im- PIOYOIHGIH; in Doors, the name of the assignee of one-third interest therein was erroneously written and printed H. G. Lone;'that said name should have been written and printed H. 0. Ltme; and that the proper correction has been made in the files and records pertaining to the case in the Patent Office, and should be read in the Letters Patent to make the same conform thereto.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 27th day of May, A. D. 1884.

[SEAL] M. L. J OSLYN,

Acting Secretary of the Interior. Oountersigned BENJ. BUTTERWORTH,

Coimntssioner of Patents. 

